Announcing the Version One Opportunity Fund
It has been almost 10 years since Union Square Ventures launched the first Opportunity Fund, creating a strategy that has since been copied by many other VC’s. An opportunity fund is basically a separate pool of capital that allows a VC to continue to invest in its most promising portfolio companies once the core funds […]
Max’s Investment Themes
In my first post, I shared a bit about my worldview and values. Today, I’d like to outline some of my investment themes. Note that my personal interests and theses (each of which ties into Version One’s firmwide network effects thesis) are constantly evolving – so this is a perpetual rough draft. 1) Open Internet […]
Hello from Max
To all of the Version One founders, friends, and followers: I’m extremely excited and grateful for the opportunity to join the team! Becoming a VC is a bit of a surprise for me, but I believe that it is a perfect fit for my current passions and abilities. Over the next two posts, I’d like […]
Welcoming Max Webster to the Version One team
In August 2018, we set out to add a third member to our team. A year and a half later, we are thrilled to welcome Max Webster as Version One’s new associate. It was A LONG journey. We received, reviewed and responded to almost 500 applications over this period of time. We were looking for someone […]
Our top posts of 2019
Another year, another 50 blog posts. We’ve now reached four straight years of publishing at least once a week. For those of you who have been reading our blog over the years, you know that we traditionally share a year-end summary post, recapping all the highlights for the fund and firm. But we recently summarized […]